The above clip from High Frequency Media features Rateliff and company performing "Brakeman" on WMSE in Wisconsin, while the one below is courtesy of the Yours Truly blog and finds the songwriter and a cast of friends -- including his bandmates Joseph Pope III and Julie Davis, as well as members of Houses -- chilling at a, um, house party/hootenany in Austin during SXSW a few months ago.

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